HTML Helpers Overview

I’ve created a set of HTML helpers that generate a DropDownList for an enum.
Those helpers are similar to DropDownList Method and DropDownListFor Method, with the only difference being that the those helpers will populate the DropDownList with the elements of the specified enum.

Hi, is it possible to store in the database only an ID of the Enum instead of storing the all description and then map it to do the complete single record display (for example an enum colors, and display a car’s color)? Thanks.

I’m interested in just storing an id in the database like Patrick and I have no need for localization so I’m not too worried about that piece. Unfortunately I’m stuck trying to get the EnumDropDownListFor to set the correct value for my model. It saves to the database correctly, but I can’t seem to get an expression that correctly sets the int value…